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calls Adonis; Venus wears a chiton looped on the sleeves,
and a wreath ; on the back of her chair is perched a dove;
the whole is encircled by a myrtle wreath; the handle is
formed by a youthful female figure, who wears bulla on
the neck and arms, and holds some circular object in the
left hand; the right hand is raised to a wreath on the head.
Gerhard mistakes this for a male figure, on account of the
shortness of the hair and masculine character of the
features. T. PI. 117.
(7.) Cupid running to the left; in his right hand a
flower ; in his left a lyre ; on his feet are wings ; his head
is encircled by a beaded diadem; the lyre and flower
indicate his connection with the palaestra. T. PI. 120,
fig. 2.
. (8.) On the right a youthful male figure, winged and
naked, probably Cupid; opposite him stands a female
figure, Psyche? draped to the feet, and holding out a bird?
above, a Victory, floating in the air, conveys a wreath to the
female figure. The design on this mirror seems of a good
period, but has been much eaten away. At the back seem
to be traces of an inscription along the edge of the mirror.
Pound the edge of the engraved face runs a rim of unusual
depth, on which two handles have been soldered, which
must be considered as modern additions. From the Col-
lection of Bishop Samuel Butler. (Not in Gerhard.)
(9.) Semele, Bacchus ? Ariadne ? Simos. In the centre
a youthful male figure holding a lyre, embracing a draped
female figure, who is rather taller; over the male figure
is inscribed Phuphluns, supposed by Gerhard to be an
Etruscan name for Bacchus, which, in its Latinized form,
would be Populonius ; behind the head of the female
figure is the name Areatha, supposed by Gerhard to be
an Etruscan form of Ariadne ; this identification of the
two figures in the centre of the composition is confirmed
by the inscriptions attached to the two side figures; on
the left stands a youthful Satyr, inscribed Sime (Simos) ;
on the right is seated a female figure, the lower half
clothed, whom, by the inscription Semla, in front of her
forehead, we recognize as Semele; the Satyr holds a
thyrsus in his right hand, placing his left on the shoulder
of Ariadne. Chiusi. PI. 299.
(10.) A bearded Satyr, on the left, seated opposite to a
Maenad; the Satyr is naked, and holds in his left hand an
calls Adonis; Venus wears a chiton looped on the sleeves,
and a wreath ; on the back of her chair is perched a dove;
the whole is encircled by a myrtle wreath; the handle is
formed by a youthful female figure, who wears bulla on
the neck and arms, and holds some circular object in the
left hand; the right hand is raised to a wreath on the head.
Gerhard mistakes this for a male figure, on account of the
shortness of the hair and masculine character of the
features. T. PI. 117.
(7.) Cupid running to the left; in his right hand a
flower ; in his left a lyre ; on his feet are wings ; his head
is encircled by a beaded diadem; the lyre and flower
indicate his connection with the palaestra. T. PI. 120,
fig. 2.
. (8.) On the right a youthful male figure, winged and
naked, probably Cupid; opposite him stands a female
figure, Psyche? draped to the feet, and holding out a bird?
above, a Victory, floating in the air, conveys a wreath to the
female figure. The design on this mirror seems of a good
period, but has been much eaten away. At the back seem
to be traces of an inscription along the edge of the mirror.
Pound the edge of the engraved face runs a rim of unusual
depth, on which two handles have been soldered, which
must be considered as modern additions. From the Col-
lection of Bishop Samuel Butler. (Not in Gerhard.)
(9.) Semele, Bacchus ? Ariadne ? Simos. In the centre
a youthful male figure holding a lyre, embracing a draped
female figure, who is rather taller; over the male figure
is inscribed Phuphluns, supposed by Gerhard to be an
Etruscan name for Bacchus, which, in its Latinized form,
would be Populonius ; behind the head of the female
figure is the name Areatha, supposed by Gerhard to be
an Etruscan form of Ariadne ; this identification of the
two figures in the centre of the composition is confirmed
by the inscriptions attached to the two side figures; on
the left stands a youthful Satyr, inscribed Sime (Simos) ;
on the right is seated a female figure, the lower half
clothed, whom, by the inscription Semla, in front of her
forehead, we recognize as Semele; the Satyr holds a
thyrsus in his right hand, placing his left on the shoulder
of Ariadne. Chiusi. PI. 299.
(10.) A bearded Satyr, on the left, seated opposite to a
Maenad; the Satyr is naked, and holds in his left hand an